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AmeriScan: May 4, 2004

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U.S. Promotes Downgrade of International Bald Eagle Protection

WASHINGTON, DC, May 4, 2004 (ENS) - The United States intends to propose removal of the country's national bird, the bald eagle, from the highest level of protection under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) when the next conference of the parties to the treaty convenes in October in Bangkok.
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ForestEthics Targets Catalog Industry's Paper Habits

CHICAGO, Illinois, May 4, 2004 (ENS) - Participants entering McCormick Place Monday for the opening of the Direct Marketing Association's annual Catalog Conference were met by activists protesting the industry’s destruction of the northern boreal forest of Canada to make catalogs. An inflatable caribou dramatized the point that this northern forest is inhabited by some of the world’s largest populations of woodland caribou.
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Rhodia Fined $18 Million for Fire-Prone Hazwaste

WASHINGTON, DC, May 4, 2004 (ENS) - Rhodia Inc. has been fined $18 million as a result of its guilty pleas to two knowing violations of the Resource, Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) at Rhodia’s elemental phosphorus manufacturing plant in Silver Bow County, Montana. The criminal fine is the largest ever paid for criminal environmental violations in the District of Montana, and one of the largest ever paid for prosecution of hazardous waste crimes in the country.
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Applications Open for Summer Beach Monitoring Grants

WASHINGTON, DC, May 4, 2004 (ENS) - The Bush administration has announced $10 million in grants to states, territories and tribes for beach monitoring and notification programs. The grants are intended to help meet the new requirements under the Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health (BEACH) Act of 2000. About $32 million has been appropriated for this program since the act passed in October 2000.
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Georgia Funded to Monitor Radioactivity at Savannah River Site

WASHINGTON, DC, May 4, 2004 (ENS) - The U.S. Department of Energy announced Monday that it will provide the Georgia Department of Natural Resources $300,000 to continue its radiation monitoring activities of the Savannah River Site nuclear weapons plant through December 2004. The extension will provide the Georgia Department of Natural Resources with more time to evaluate its needs for future monitoring and arrange for alternate funding.
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Tar Cleanup Scheduled for Portland Harbor

PORTLAND, Oregon, May 4, 2004 (ENS) - Tar-laden sediment will be removed from the Willamette River this summer under an agreement between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Northwest Natural Gas. The contaminated sediment lies along the river bottom beside the former Portland Gas and Coke Company (GASCO) site in Portland Harbor. Northwest Natural Gas currently owns and operates the site.
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Alaska Natives Sign First Refuge Participatory Agreement

WASHINGTON, DC, May 4, 2004 (ENS) - The Council of Athabascan Tribal Governments and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have signed an agreement that will enable the Council to perform some of the Service's work on the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska during 2004-2005. Council Chairman Randy Mayo and Todd Logan, regional chief of the National Wildlife Refuge System in Alaska, signed the agreement Thursday.
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Sunscreen 101: Everybody Needs It

NEW YORK, New York, May 4, 2004 (ENS) - In recognition of May as Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month, the American Academy of Dermatology is working to raise awareness about skin cancer and encourage Americans to practice sun-safe behaviors this spring and summer. The overall incidence of melanoma is rising. In 2004, one in 65 Americans have a lifetime risk of developing invasive melanoma, a 2,000 percent increase from 1930.
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